Association | Scottish Football Association | ||
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Head coach | Neil MacFarlane | ||
Most caps | Callum Booth (13) | ||
Top scorer | Alex MacDonald (7) | ||
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Biggest win | |||
Scotland 8–0 San Marino (Tiszaújváros, Hungary; 22 October 2008) | |||
Biggest defeat | |||
Netherlands 5–0 Scotland | |||
European Under-19 Championship | |||
Appearances | 1 (first in 2006) | ||
Best result | Runners-up (2006) | ||
Medal record |
The Scotland national under-19 football team is the national football team representing Scotland for players of 19 years of age or under at the start of a European Under-19 Football Championship campaign. The team, which is controlled by the Scottish Football Association, acts as a feeder team to the Scotland national football team.
Until 2001, the European youth championship was competed for by under-18 teams. The best performance by a Scotland under-18 team was in 1982, when they won the tournament. Beating Czechoslovakia 3–1 in the final, the team was then managed by Andy Roxburgh and Walter Smith, who would both go on to manage the senior side. Scotland defeated rivals England in the qualifying round and finished top of Group 4, which also included the Netherlands. In the semi-finals, Scotland beat Poland 2–0. Scotland also reached the semi-finals of the 1978 tournament, where they lost on penalties to Yugoslavia. Scotland topped Group two – which included Germany and Italy – to qualify for the semi-final, having beaten Denmark in the qualifying round.
During the period of the under-19 format, Scotland qualified for the finals tournament in 2006 when, under the guidance of manager Archie Gemmill and coach Tommy Wilson, they lost 2–1 to Spain in the final.[1] This performance guaranteed Scotland's participation at the 2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup (formerly the World Youth Championships), representing their first appearance for 20 years.
Since 2006, Scotland have not progressed past the elite qualification round of the European under-19 tournaments.
Champions Runners-up Third place / semi finals Fourth place Tournament held on home soil
Year | Round | GP | W | D | L | GS | GA | ||
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Before 2002 | See Scotland national under-18 football team | ||||||||
2002 | Preliminary round | did not qualify | |||||||
2003 | First qualifying round | ||||||||
2004 | Second qualifying round | ||||||||
2005 | Elite round | ||||||||
2006 | Runners-up | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 10 | ||
2007 | Elite round | did not qualify | |||||||
2008 | First qualifying round | ||||||||
2009 | Elite round | ||||||||
2010 | Elite round | ||||||||
2011 | First qualifying round | ||||||||
2012 | First qualifying round | ||||||||
2013 | Elite round | ||||||||
2014 | First qualifying round | ||||||||
2015 | Elite round | ||||||||
2016 | Elite round | ||||||||
2017 | Elite round | ||||||||
2018 | Elite round | ||||||||
2019 | Elite round | ||||||||
2020 | Tournament cancelled due to COVID-19 | ||||||||
2021 | |||||||||
2022 | Elite round | did not qualify | |||||||
2023 | Qualifying round | ||||||||
2024 | Elite round | ||||||||
Total | 1/20 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 10 |
Notes
Year | Competition | Result | GP | W | D* | L | GS | GA | Ref |
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2001 | Belfast Tournament | 1st | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | [8] |
2005 | Northern Irish Tournament | 2nd | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | [9] |
2006 | La Manga Tournament | 2nd | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | [10] |
2007 | La Manga Tournament | 1st | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | [10] |
2015 | Mercedes-Benz Cup | 2nd | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | [11][12] |
2022 | Slovenia Nations Cup | [13] |
The following players were named in the squad for 2024 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualification matches in March 2024.[14]
No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club |
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FW | Alfie Bavidge | 11 April 2006 | 4 | 1 | Kelty Hearts | |
DF | Bailey Rice | 4 October 2006 | 4 | 0 | Rangers | |
FW | Bobby Wales | 23 June 2005 | 8 | 1 | Alloa Athletic | |
DF | Charlie McArthur | 12 May 2005 | 4 | 0 | Newcastle United | |
MF | Daniel Kelly | 3 October 2005 | 3 | 0 | Celtic | |
MF | David Watson | 12 February 2005 | 7 | 0 | Kilmarnock | |
MF | Dylan Reid | 1 March 2005 | 3 | 0 | Crystal Palace | |
MF | Jacob MacIntyre | Hibernian | ||||
DF | Johnny Emerson | Newcastle United | ||||
MF | Lennon Miller | 25 August 2006 | 4 | 0 | Motherwell | |
DF | Leyton Grant | 17 April 2006 | Rangers | |||
DF | Louis Jackson | 18 September 2005 | 5 | 0 | Manchester United | |
MF | Macaulay Tait | Heart of Midlothian | ||||
DF | Magnus MacKenzie | 3 May 2005 | 6 | 0 | Celtic | |
DF | Murray Campbell | 25 July 2006 | Burnley | |||
GK | Rory Mahady | 16 August 2006 | 1 | 0 | Leeds United | |
DF | Rory Whittaker | 10 August 2007 | Hibernian | |||
FW | Rory Wilson | 5 January 2006 | 4 | 1 | Aston Villa | |
FW | Ryan One | 26 June 2006 | 4 | 1 | Sheffield United | |
GK | Woody Williamson | 7 July 2006 | 3 | 0 | Ipswich Town |